Understanding Video Production: Academic Vocabulary, Techniques, and Equipment
Explore the world of video production through academic vocabulary, equipment, and techniques. Learn about camcorders, digitizing, film, television, and visual literacy. Discover the stages of video production, from preproduction to post-production.
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CHAPTER 1: ABOUT VIDEO MR. BUTLER THEATER & FILM AUGUST 6-7, 2019
ACADEMIC VOCABULARY Camcorder: A device that captures moving images and stores them on a tape, SD card, or other medium. Digitize: To record images and sounds as numerical data, either directly in a camcorder or through the process of importing them to a computer. Film: An audiovisual medium that records images on transparent plastic strips by means of photosensitive chemicals. (Also refers to images recorded to modern media such as SD cards, HDV tapes, etc.)
ACADEMIC VOCABULARY Live: Recorded and transmitted for display continuously and in real time. Shoot: To record film or video; an informal term for the production phase of a film of a film or video project. Television: Studio-based, multi-camera video that is often produced and transmitted live Video: An audiovisual medium that records on magnetic tape or disk by electronic means. Visual literacy: The ability to evaluate the content of visual media through an understanding of the way in which it is recorded and produced.
WHAT IS VIDEO? Most common audiovisual media: Film & Television Film: Medium created for the production of movies & TV commercials Film equipment is portable for location filming Reproduces high quality images in black/white or color Picture and sound are usually recorded separately for sophisticated editing
WHAT IS VIDEO? (CONTD) Television: Medium used for broadcasting live studio programs and prerecorded shows. Equipment is heavy, complex, and tied down by cables to a central control system Image quality is slightly lower than film. Live programming is edited as the programming airs
THE LANGUAGE OF VIDEO EXPRESSION An image is like a single word. A shot is like a complete sentence. A scene is like a paragraph. A sequence is like a chapter.
STAGES OF VIDEO PRODUCTION Video production falls into three broad categories: Preproduction, Production, & Post-production. Preproduction: Includes scripting, storyboarding, scouting locations, gathering cast and crew, and planning production equipment/other requirements. Production: Covers the shooting of the material for the film/video project. Post-production: Video clips are selected, sequenced in a video editing program, music/sound effects added, and visual effects/titles are added.
